Dave Fleet

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Social media has gone from focusing on earned conversation, to paid reach and a narrowing gap between social media marketing and traditional advertising – “less social, more media” as I’ve written previously. Sentiment and conversation trends matter. Pay attention. Pay attention. Analytics Drives News.

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Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 22, 2021

As we head into 2021, marketers are reflecting on how much consumer behavior has changed over the course of the last year. SMS Marketing is One of the Fastest Growing Channels. 78% of people wish they could have a text conversation with a business. 78% of people wish they could have a text conversation with a business.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 20, 2024

How much would you pay to eavesdrop on your customers’ conversations? But before you invest in any tool or external support, it’s crucial to know the differences between social monitoring and listening, when to leverage each, and how they can help you reach your marketing goals. Listen In: What is Social Listening?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the business world, AI automation equips companies to create impactful product and marketing strategies and enhance operations to increase productivity. AI automation has revolutionized how brands approach their business and marketing strategies. Thus, making you time-efficient while enabling campaign management at scale.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 24, 2022

Maybe you see yourself as a lone wolf in the Twitter marketing world: a proud survivalist or minimalist. Is your Twitter goal to discover influencers, new customers, trends, or sentiments about your brand? Generate first-party data that’s both ethical and high quality, and then export and re-market to those target audiences.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Buffer makes it simple to track down the most important conversations your customers are engaging in online. Once you’ve found them, the centralized dashboard and shared team inbox allow you to join in those conversations and drive audience engagement. Key Features. From $108 per seat per month. Key Features. Key Features.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As the digital market space rapidly evolves, customers are seeking authenticity and human connection from brands like never before. To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

PR has become more challenging and practitioners can no longer rely on gut instinct alone – especially as they become more closely aligned with marketing teams that utilize technology and data to demonstrate results. Customer sentiment. The Need for PR and Marketing to Align. But things are changing. Analyzing a 24/7 News Cycle.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 5, 2023

Are you a business marketer looking to maximize your efforts? By understanding these metrics and analyzing them accurately, you can better determine which marketing efforts are working and which need to be improved. It is important to be aware of the metrics that are key to understanding and improving your marketing initiatives.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 12, 2024

million conversations about the presidential election which garnered almost 45 million engagements and more than 103 billion impressions. Of these conversations, less than half were positive. With social listening tools , they can dive into the sentiment and scope of political topics on social, and monitor for impending crises.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this post, we’ll introduce you to 12 of the best competitive intelligence tools for marketers. These tools help companies understand what their competitors are doing by tracking their marketing activities, interactions and overall performance. Following industry trends and joining the conversation helps your business stay relevant.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Imagine if you could monitor and analyze all social media conversations happening around your brand, and tap into consumer insights that prove crucial for growing your business. Team Sprout uses listening to create stronger strategies and make more impactful decisions, and you can use it to unlock and inform data-driven marketing.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 15, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of retail marketing, it’s often the unexpected brands that deliver the most inspiring and effective influencer campaigns. They also track metrics like cost per mill, cost per click, and orders placed, as well as conversion rates, to paint a complete picture of the effectiveness of their influencer program.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

With feedback and communication tools like ratings, reviews and Messenger, the platform helps brands, like you, to build trust with their audience and start conversations that lead to sales. Facebook analytics also enables social media marketers to dive deeper into content performance and engagement to see what’s working and what isn’t.

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Sprout Social

JULY 30, 2024

This incident serves as a potent reminder of how much brand safety continues to be a hot button for marketers, especially when it comes to influencer partnerships. Despite some of the risks, brands are still investing a significant percentage of their marketing budgets into influencer marketing , a testament to its effectiveness.

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Oktopost

MARCH 7, 2022

There is no shortage of imperative marketing tactics that if you don’t do right now, your B2B organization will crash and burn. As marketers, we know the MarTech space is crowded. Like actual listening, social listening can be the glue that holds your marketing strategy together. We have two ears and one mouth for a reason.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 3, 2018

A couple of weeks ago, IABC Ottawa asked me to facilitate a conversation of special interest group that is focused on major trends in communications measurement and social media evaluation. We started our conversation by talking about the importance of getting company executives and upper management on board in the goal setting process.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Find relevant and authentic influencers for partnerships According to a Q3 Sprout Social Pulse Survey of 307 marketers, 81% of respondents say influencer marketing is an essential piece of their social strategy. One computer software company uses Sprout Listening to measure sentiment around their brand and products ahead of rebranding.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 17, 2020

Planning a social media marketing strategy may sound overwhelming. Are you planning to boost your social media marketing performance? In other words, a social media strategy is the outline of what (and why) social media managers and digital marketing agencies are planning to do on social media. More conversions.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A proactive marketing strategy can improve your customer relationships, brand reputation and your standing amongst key competitors. What is proactive marketing on social media? This shows both the creator and their fans that the brand is keeping up with relevant conversations in the industry. Take Chewy, for example.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Retaining your existing consumer base is also, as noted above, much more cost-effective than concentrating entirely on expensive marketing campaigns in hopes of acquiring new customers. Some key conversations may even slip through the cracks. Track customer sentiment. That’s where sentiment analysis can help you.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2025

AI in content marketing is transforming how marketers like you have traditionally worked. A Sprout Social Pulse Survey from Q2 2023 reveals that 71% of social marketers have already integrated AI and automation tools into their workflows and 82% of them report positive outcomes.

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Oktopost

MARCH 10, 2022

B2B Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, Field Marketing—however you badge it, it’s a numbers game. Many marketers shy away from social media because they don’t understand how to measure social media return on investment (ROI). How to Measure ROI in Social Media Marketing. Brand awareness/brand sentiment.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 26, 2023

Ask any marketer what they wish their superpower was, and they would tell you: “To read minds.” To know exactly what people want is a marketer’s dream. That’s why marketers regularly conduct market research, investigating industry trends, gathering feedback, and surveying focus groups to try and glean whatever information they can.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 17, 2024

Redditors use the platform in multiple ways, from news aggregation to soliciting and sharing honest opinions without a marketing agenda. Read on to discover how to tap the power of Reddit to find, understand and even participate in game-changing conversations for your brand. You won’t find paid influencers here.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

Data points that could impact your pricing, sales strategy, product development and, of course, marketing. Social media intelligence is the result of pulling these disparate points together into something measurable, whether you’re looking at volume, sentiment, content or demographics. Cast a wider net. React in real time.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Over the past year, social has increased its influence on trends , industries and even markets. So who better to predict the future of social media marketing than the people behind the profiles? Here are their predictions on what’s in store for the future of social media marketing in 2022.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lucky for you, we’re here to help you cut through the vanity-metric hype to find those beefy, meaty metrics that help you prove the true value of your social media marketing. #1 These metrics are best contextualized by more concrete numbers such as click-through rate or visitor-to-lead conversions. Clear data.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 25, 2022

For too long, marketers have thought of Instagram as strictly B2C turf. Most marketers want to see data before making strategy adjustments. Luckily, there’s tons of research that supports the power of B2B Instagram marketing. Marketers rank video and images as the top two most valuable content formats for achieving their goals.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Businesses use social listening to keep their ear to the ground so they can better understand their audience, monitor brand reputation, trendspot, stay atop of conversations and conduct competitor analysis. In this article, we’ll define the different types of brand mentions and show you how to monitor them.

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Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2023

The right social media marketing tools make a big difference. And without the right social media marketing tools, your social strategy may fall flat before given the chance. Good social media marketing can transform the success of your brand. The list of marketers’ responsibilities never stops growing. Let’s dive in.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Global social media marketing strategies and new tools are empowering more brands than ever before to reach a worldwide audience. Going global effectively requires investing in a carefully crafted social media marketing strategy. In this article, we’ve outlined the eight steps for success in your global social media marketing journey.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 10, 2022

Influencer marketing is getting bigger in 2022. A recent report shows 76% of brands are planning to increase their influencer marketing budgets this year. If your brand’s not working with influencers on marketing campaigns, you’re missing out big time. Influencer marketing tools for social listening.

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Pam Moore

MAY 19, 2023

Embrace the Future: How Marketing Leaders Can Unleash Team Success with AI and Digital Transformation Digital transformation is no longer a buzzword. It's a necessity for businesses of all sizes to stay relevant and competitive in today's market. Marketing teams that don't embrace AI and other technologies will be left behind.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 16, 2025

They help you monitor brand mentions on major social media platforms, identify emerging trends in your niche, and package these online conversations into actionable insights for your social media strategy. Discover niche markets for your products. Track online conversations across multiple channels.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Keep reading to gain five takeaways marketers can apply to their seasonal marketing strategies. Conversations around fall flavors spiked significantly on the day Starbucks unveiled its fall menu and again on September 1. Let your seasonal marketing fall into place with social. Act on the anticipation for autumn early.

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